The Ottawa Wine Vault: 37 George Street

 This solid-looking edifice at 37 George (stone walls, steel girders) was built in 1907 for the Ottawa Wine Vault Company, a wine and liquor wholesaler. It was acquired by the federal government ten years later and served as an office building for several decades. Now managed by the NCC, it has been the home of the Ottawa School of Art since 1983.

Newspaper announcement, April 1908

Canada's Historic Places discusses the building's history and architecture here.

This is how Charles Goad depicted it circa 1912 (sheet 22, detail.) As always, click on the image to view at a better resolution.